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  • Christmas again…

    It’s not that I don’t like the holidays, in fact in a way I kinda enjoy finding gifts and spending time with people and all that jazz…  I guess it’s just a block I have against this time of year…  Maybe S has it right, just spend time at home doing all the things you…

  • Water

    I went swimming tonight at a friends place.  It’s the first time I’ve been in the water since I went to Hawaii with S.  I realized over the last few months I’ve been getting more and more uptight.  I couldn’t put my finger on it until tonight while I was swimming laps.  I’ve been missing…

  • Politics – A wrap

    In what was a record vote in the US, I was absent.  I’m not far from the results given the level of coverage around the world last night and continuing today.  It was a funny thing last night; I was sitting at a Korean BBQ place in Vancouver with my new flatmate and her two…

  • Politics – Why?

    So I’m normally a person who votes their mind not a party. This year I was looking over my ballot and I discovered I was voting along a specific party line and not necessarily my mind. I had to take a step back and do some research on why I was voting along a specific…

  • Vancouver Week 1

    There were about 25 of us in the class of October 6th, all of us are with different FA’s, although the largest group in this class is the logistics crew.  Here we are, all shiny and new, looking forward to getting started.  It amazes me how many different people come together to work on a…

  • Politics or how I became a non-caring part of the population

    I was at my local pub last night trying to avoid any and all talks of politics.  It went well for the first few hours, but for some reason a bar full of drunk fools decided to watch the repeat of the presidential debate last night.  Something I’ve learned is you never mix bars with…

  • The boat show…

    The last day of the show and I can finally do a wrap up… The numbers: 271 total vessels 225 – Power Boats 46 – Sail Boats 181,480 sq ft of vessels $129,769,694 total reported value (some exhibitors don’t report the value of their vessels) 69 Shore side exhibitors 32 – East Dock 11 –…

  • Apparently my card is the Five of Clubs

    FIVE OF CLUBS THE ADVENTURER This card represents mental curiosity that is satisfied through exploration and experience. Being born with this birthday makes you extremely inquisitive and naturally adventurous. You love change and variety, and you are constantly exploring new things. You are not satisfied with what you know, so seeking new information and new…

  • Not my words but good advice…

    RISK Author unknown To laugh is to risk appearing the fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to others is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas, your dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss. To love is to…

  • Email and then…

    An email arrived asking if I was still interested in working for this event.  I hadn’t heard from them from the time I put my CV into the system in 2006 and then updated it with my Seattle address when I got home, so I naturally assumed I wouldn’t be hearing from them.  So when…